Penny Crosman is Executive Editor, Technology at American Banker and its publisher, Arizent. Prior to taking on this role, she was Editor in Chief of Bank Technology News. She has held senior editorial roles at Bank Systems & Technology, Wall Street & Technology, Intelligent Enterprise, Network Magazine and Imaging Magazine.
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A community bank in Pennsylvania made up its own holiday of sorts — including a product demonstration and a 1982 DeLorean reminiscent of "Back to the Future" — to encourage bank customers to try out new fintech features.
September 10 -
Concentration risk, threats to data privacy and the potential for discrimination are among the unintended consequences of letting fintechs and tech giants dabble in financial services without bank-like regulation, an expert says.
September 6 -
Consultant and behavioral psychologist Wei Ke shares his view on the bank’s plan to offer free trading, and why competitors shouldn’t react too quickly.
September 6 -
Minal Hasan, a lawyer turned prominent fintech venture capitalist, has strong views on founder dramas, cryptocurrency, and why banks need to step up their technology game.
September 4 -
The company built a patch within 24 hours of being alerted to a vulnerability in messaging software used by many banks and credit unions. Fiserv is looking into how this happened while addressing speculation about whether consumer data is still threatened.
September 4 -
The company built a patch within 24 hours of being alerted to a vulnerability in messaging software used by many banks. Fiserv is looking into how this happened while addressing speculation about whether consumer data is still threatened.
August 31 -
The LendingClub founder responded to being booted from his company by starting a new one with involvement from former investors — and a loan buyer he had supposedly wronged.
August 29 -
Security researchers have raised alarms about the vulnerabilities of fax machines (yes, many banks are still using them) and printers. It is the kind of threat companies tend to overlook.
August 27 -
The forum, which is best known for its annual Davos economic conference, offers insights on what many get wrong about artificial intelligence and how banks should be thinking about using it.
August 26 -
A heist in India appears to be the very thing U.S. law enforcement had foretold. But banks shouldn't let their guard down, because cybercrooks have raised raids on cash machines to an art form.
August 22
